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♦ crop /krɒp/n.1 (agric.) coltura: The main crop is wheat, la coltura principale è il frumento; crop rotation, avvicendamento delle colture; root crop, radice commestibile ( barbabietola, rapa, ecc.)2 (agric.) messe; raccolto: the barley crop, il raccolto dell'orzo; a bumper crop, un raccolto abbondante; subsistence crop, raccolto per uso proprio4 mucchio; quantità: a crop of lies, un mucchio di bugie; a crop of questions, una quantità di domande● crop circle, forma spesso circolare creata in un campo di grano dallo schiacciamento delle spighe ( e ritenuta di origine misteriosa); cerchio nel grano □ (ind. min.) crop coal, carbone affiorante □ (agric.) crop duster, aereo per l'irrorazione delle colture ( con pesticidi, ecc.) □ crop dusting = crop spraying ► sotto □ crop-eared, ( di animale) dalle orecchie mozze; ( di persona) rapato □ crop-headed, rapato □ (comput.) crop mark, indicatore di taglio □ (agric.) crop land ► cropland □ (agric.) crop rotation, rotazione delle colture □ (agric.) crop spraying, irrorazione delle colture ( con insetticidi).(to) crop /krɒp/A v. t.1 tagliar via; mozzare ( la coda, ecc. a un animale); tosare corto; rasare; rapare: to crop the edges of a book, tagliare i margini d'un libro; to have one's hair cropped, farsi rasare i capelli3 (agric.) cogliere; raccogliere: We have cropped a lot of wheat this year, abbiamo raccolto molto grano quest'anno4 (agric.) seminare; piantare: He is going to crop twenty acres with corn, intende seminare venti acri a cerealiB v. i.2 seminare● (geol.: di rocce, ecc.) to crop out, affiorare □ to crop up, sorgere inaspettatamente, saltar fuori, presentarsi; venir fuori ( nel discorso); (geol.) affiorare: A new difficulty has cropped up in the peace talks, nelle trattative di pace è saltata fuori una nuova difficoltà. -
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[rəʊ'teɪʃn]1) (of blade, crops) rotazione f.* * *noun rotazione* * *rotation /rəʊˈteɪʃn/n.1 [u] (mecc., astron.) (movimento di) rotazione: the rotation of the earth, il moto di rotazione della terra3 [uc] avvicendamento; successione; rotazione ( delle cariche, delle sedi, ecc.): the rotation of the seasons, la successione delle stagioni4 [uc] ( sport) rotazione: ( sci) body rotation, rotazione del corpo ( nello slalom); ( pallavolo) rotation of players, la rotazione dei giocatori ( in senso orario)● (agric.) crop rotation, avvicendamento delle colture □ ( USA) counter-clockwise rotation, rotazione in senso antiorario □ in (o by) rotation, in successione; a turno; a rotazione.* * *[rəʊ'teɪʃn]1) (of blade, crops) rotazione f.
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crop rotation — n. a system of growing successive crops that have different food requirements, to prevent soil depletion, break up a disease cycle, etc … English World dictionary
Crop rotation — Fallow redirects here. For other uses, see Fallow (disambiguation). Satellite image of circular crop fields in late June 2001. Healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be growing into leafy stalks by then. Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows … Wikipedia
crop rotation — crop ro,tation noun uncount a regular change in the type of crop you grow on a particular area of land, in order to keep the soil healthy … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
crop rotation — crop ro.tation n [U] the practice of changing the crops that you grow in a field each year to preserve the good qualities in the soil … Dictionary of contemporary English
crop rotation — crop′ rota tion n. agr. the system of varying successive crops in a definite order on the same ground, esp. to avoid depleting the soil and to control weeds, diseases, and pests • Etymology: 1905–10 … From formal English to slang
crop rotation — the system of varying successive crops in a definite order on the same ground, esp. to avoid depleting the soil and to control weeds, diseases, and pests. [1905 10] * * * Successive cultivation of different crops in a specified order on the same… … Universalium
crop rotation — Planting different crops in fields than were there previously. Used as a crop, soil management and conservation method … Combined glossary of agriculture
crop rotation — UK / US noun [uncountable] a regular change in the type of crop that you grow on a particular area of land, in order to keep the soil healthy … English dictionary
crop rotation — /ˈkrɒp roʊˌteɪʃən/ (say krop roh.tayshuhn) noun a sequence of crops grown in succession on the same area of land so as to improve soil quality, with the regular occurrence of a pulse crop in the sequence which returns nitrogen to the soil …
crop rotation — noun Date: 1909 the practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land chiefly to preserve the productive capacity of the soil … New Collegiate Dictionary
crop rotation — noun A farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years (when once the land would have been left fallow); used to prevent erosion and increase fertility … Wiktionary